cancer-cell
Use when targeting Cancer Cell or deciding whether a cancer-biology manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cancer-cell --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Cancer Cell (cancer-cell) ## Journal positioning Cancer Cell is Cell Press's flagship cancer-biology journal, publishing mechanistic studies that illuminate how tumors initiate, progress, resist therapy, or interact with the immune microenvironment — and that carry explicit translational or clinical relevance. The readership spans cancer biologists, oncologists, and physician-scientists, so a paper must deliver both mechanistic depth and a clear statement of why the finding matters for cancer biology or patient care. Descriptive oncology, biomarker discovery without mechanism, or purely clinical trial reporting do not belong here. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Cell Press site or submission system. ## When to trigger - The author names Cancer Cell as the target venue. - A mechanistic cancer study asks whether its translational framing and evidence depth meet the bar. - A manuscript sits between Cancer Cell and Cancer Discovery, Nature Cancer, or Cell and the author needs to differentiate. - The author needs Cancer
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the cancer-cell skill do?
Use when targeting Cancer Cell or deciding whether a cancer-biology manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cancer-cell --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.